Subscriberthon 2022 Prizes


If you support the literary pages and spaces we make, show us by subscribing, renewing or donating during this one very important week.

Anyone who subscribes, renews or donates by Friday 11 November goes into the running for three truly astounding prize draws – the major prize draw, the daily prize draw and the regional prize draw.

An annual subscription – which includes four print issues, the daily online magazine, invitations to subscriber events, discounted entry to Overland competitions, and other opportunities and giveaways – is just $60 full and $45 students/unwaged.

Speaking of prizes, we are extremely thankful to our generous friends and supporters who made this year’s Subscriberthon possible! Read about them and their work here.

Major prizes

MAJOR PRIZE ONE

What’s in this major prize?

The Pentax PC-55 35mm Point and Shoot Camera + 35mm film from FilmNeverDie

MAJOR PRIZE TWO

What’s in this major prize?

A Jordaan Step Through Bike from LEKKER Bikes

Daily prizes

FRIDAY

4 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A HUGE collection of titles from Subbed In + Subbed In mug and t-shirt:

  • apocalypse scroll like it was normal by kenji kinz
  • Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton
  • In The Drink by Emily Crocker
  • If you’re sexy and you know it slap your hams by Eloise Grills
  • blur by the by Cham Zhi Yi
  • Uncle Hercules and other lies by Patrick Lenton
  • The Naming by Aisyah Shah Idil
  • The Hostage by Šime Knežević
  • When I die slingshot my ashes onto the surface of the moon by Jennifer Nguyen
  • Girls and Buoyant by Emily Crocker
  • Parenthetical Bodies by Alex Gallagher
  • HAUNT (THE KOOLIE) by Jason Gray
  • wheeze by Marcus Whale

A collection of Going Down Swinging back issues

A 1-year PBS Proud membership and merch pack, including a tote bag, badges and stickers

Three A4 prints from Vietnamese-Australian print artist (and issue cover artist) Hop Dac

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

THE WEEKEND

5 & 6 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A 6-month subscription of Core Coffee Roasters coffee (250g)

A bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A 1-year subscription to Kill Your Darlings

A 1-year subscription to Meanjin

A 1-year subscription to Voiceworks

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

A copy of Groundswell, edited by Toby Fitch

MONDAY

7 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A 3-month subscription to Craftwork Roasting coffee (1kg/month)

A 1-year digital subscription to ABR

A collection of Affirm Press books, including:

  • The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
  • Cut by Susan White
  • The Cost of Labour by Natalie Kon-Yu
  • 537 Days of Winter by David Knoff
  • Other Houses by Paddy O’Reilly
  • Another Australia edited by Winnie Dunn
  • Gemini Falls by Sean Wilson
  • Every Version of You by Grace Chan
  • Time and Tide in Sarajevo by Bronwyn Birdsall
  • Weekends with Matt by Peter Coleman

A code for your own copy of Scrivener

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A Clothing the Gaps tote bag

TUESDAY

8 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A collection of Magabala titles, including:

  • Cartwarra or What? by Alf Tayor
  • Blakwork by Alison Whittaker
  • Maar Bidi: Next Generation Black Writing edited by Linda Martin and Elfie Shiosaki
  • Living on Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina

A collection of Scribe fiction and non-fiction titles, including:

  • Marlo by Jay Carmichael
  • Auē by Becky Manawatu
  • Holy Woman by Louise Omer
  • Crimes against Nature by Jeff Sparrow
  • Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

And a collection of Scribe graphic novels and photography books:

  • Our Members Be Unlimited by Sam Wallman
  • Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish
  • Westography by Warren Kirk
  • Old Vintage Melbourne 1960s–1990s by Chris Macheras
  • Hard Labour by Ben Schneiders

Three A3 prints by Vietnamese-Australian print artist Hop Dac

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

A double pass for the Wheeler Centre end-of-year event

A copy of Groundswell, edited by Toby Fitch

WEDNESDAY

9 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A double pass for the Wheeler Centre end-of-year event

A 1-year subscription to Archer

A Clothing the Gaps tote bag and reusable coffee cup

A collage kit from That Paper Joint

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

THURSDAY

10 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A collection of titles from Brio Books, including:

  • Listurbia by Carly Capielli
  • Late Sonata by Bryan Walpert
  • Water Music by Christine Balint
  • Every Day is Gertie Day by Helen Meany
  • A History of Dreams by Jane Rawson
  • The Orphancorp Trilogy by Marlee Jane Ward

A stack of Rabbit back issues

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

Three A4 and A3 prints from Vietnamese-Australian print artist Hop Dac

A stack of back issues from Aniko Press

A Clothing the Gaps reusable coffee cup

FINAL DAY: FRIDAY

11 NOVEMBER

What’s in this prize?

A bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

Four A4 and A3 prints from Vietnamese-Australian print artist Hop Dac

A collection of titles from Cordite, including:

  • Walk Back Over by Jeanine Leane
  • Where We Are by Alison Flett
  • Leave Me Alone by Harry Reid
  • Common Sexual Fantasies, Ruined by Rachael Briggs
  • Dirty Words by Natalie Harkin
  • The Open by Lucy Van
  • Bush Mary by Teena McCarthy
  • Song of Less by Joan Fleming
  • After the Demolition by Zenobia Frost
  • Nganajungu Yagu by Charmaine Papertalk Green

A collection of teas from Kuuracorp

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

A copy of Groundswell, edited by Toby Fitch

Regional prizes

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

What’s in this prize?

A $50 voucher for The Book Cow bookshop

A 1-year membership for ACT Writers Centre

A selection of titles from Ultimo Press, including:

  • Cold Coast by Robyn Mundy
  • In the Time of the Manaroans by Miro Bilbrough
  • Home and Other Hiding Places by Jack Ellis
  • My Heart is a Little Wild Thing by Nigel Featherstone
  • Pain and Privilege by Sophie Smith
  • Brother Alive by Zain Khalid
  • My Friend Fox by Heidi Everett
  • When Things are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent
  • Love & Virtue by Diana Reid
  • Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
  • Found, Wanting by Natasha Sholl
  • A Kind of Magic, by Anna Spargo-Ryan

A collection of Giramondo titles, including:

  • Sun Music by Judith Beveridge
  • The Dancer by Evelyn Juers
  • Bon and Lesley by Shaun Prescott
  • How to Be Between by Bastian Fox Phelan

NEW SOUTH WALES

What’s in this prize?

Three wheel-thrown-pottery classes and one practice session to learn throwing, trimming and glazing clay
at The Pottery Shed

A 1-year membership for Writing NSW

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A pack of great books, including:

  • What the Fuck Is This by Celeste Mountjoy (Pan Macmillan)
  • What Fear Was by Ben Walter (Puncher and Wattmann)
  • Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor (Picador Australia)
  • Enclave by Claire G. Coleman (Hachette)

NORTHERN TERRITORY

What’s in this prize?

A $150 voucher for Red Kangaroo Books

A 1-year membership to NT Writers Centre

A collection of UQP titles, including:

  • Tell Me Again by Amy Thunig
  • Desi Girl by Sarah Malik
  • True Friends by Patti Miller
  • Here Be Leviathans by Chris Flynn
  • Bone Memories by Sally Piper

A Clothing the Gaps reusable coffee cup and stickers

An Overland t-shirt

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

QUEENSLAND

What’s in this prize?

A 1-year membership for Queensland Writers Centre

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

Clothing the Gaps stickers and book

A copy of Groundswell edited by Toby Fitch

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

What’s in this prize?

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A 1-year membership to Writers SA

A collection of titles from Transit Lounge, including:

  • T by Alan Fyfe
  • Sweeny and the Bicycle by Philip Salmon
  • Revenge: Murder in Three Parts by S. L. Lim
  • Telltale by Carmel Bird
  • Tokyo Midnight by Kip Scott
  • Night Blue by Angela O’Keeffe
  • The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
  • Hydra by Adriane Howell
  • Moon Sugar by Angela Meyers
  • The Signal Line by Brendan Colley

A $30 voucher for Matilda Bookshop

An Overland t-shirt

TASMANIA

What’s in this prize?

A 1-year membership for Tasmanian Writers Centre

A $100 voucher for Du Cane Brewing co.

A 1-year subscription to Island magazine

A $50 voucher for Hobart Bookshop

A copy of Groundswell edited by Toby Fitch

Clothing the Gap stickers

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

VICTORIA

What’s in this prize?

3 x $125 vouchers for ClayTalk (Montsalvat) ‘clay taster’ pottery classes

$500 worth of home energy efficiency advice and improvements from CoPower

A $50 voucher for Hill of Content Bookshop

A $30 voucher for North Melbourne Books

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A 1-year membership for Writers Victoria

1 bottle of Noisy Ritual wine

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

A copy of Groundswell edited by Toby Fitch

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

What’s in this prize?

A collection of titles from Fremantle Press, including:

  • Paradise (Point of Transmission) by Andrew Sutherland
  • Blue Wren by Bron Bateman
  • Second Fleet Baby by Nadia Rhook
  • Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly Songs Reimagined curated by Mark Smith, Neil A White and Jock Serong
  • Try Not to Think of a Pink Elephant: Stories of OCD by Martin Ingle
  • The Glass House by Brooke Dunnell
  • Eye of a Rook by Josephine Taylor

A 1-year subscription to Westerly

A $30 voucher for Bookshop by Uro

A bottle of Monceau non-alcoholic pet nat

An Overland t-shirt

NEW ZEALAND

What’s in this prize?

A $25 Unity Books voucher

An Introduction to Creative Course Online (6-week course) with a personal one-on-one tutor from The Creative Hub, valued at $NZ 496

A 10-trip pass to Auckland Writers Festival ’23 (Digital)

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